Re: [Chicken-users] ditching syntax-case modules for the utf8 egg

[Kon Lovett]

On Mar 16, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Alex Shinn wrote:

> > > > > > "Kon" == Kon Lovett <address@hidden> writes:
>
>     Kon> On Mar 15, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Felix Winkelmann wrote:
>
>     Kon> Is this a "char-string" issue or a "byte-string"
>     Kon> issue? When the source "...string..." is a string
>     Kon> of ASCII non-nul char then there should be no
>     Kon> problem w/ the utf8 egg overriding the string
>     Kon> operators.  The problem comes when the source "..."
>     Kon> is actually a "byte-string".
>
>     Kon> I am uncomfortable with that particular Chicken
>     Kon> idiom.
>
>     Kon> How about moving the utf8 egg's
>     Kon> "byte-string-srfi-13.scm" & "byte- string.scm" into
>     Kon> the core? Then when a "byte-string" use is intended
>     Kon> everyone will know.
>
> That's a good idea, but they don't need to be moved into the
> core, we can just split them out into a separate egg.

Since they are variable definitions the impact to the core is  
probably slight. But the impact on coding style is what I want. If  
one means string of byte say so.

Placing it in the core also means load order is not an issue.

> --
> Alex

Best Wishes,
Kon